Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dag Hammarskjold
Albert Camus
Valentina Tereshkova
Albert Einstein
Mignon McLaughlin
All authors
Today's birthdays
1771 - Hosea Ballou
1982 - Kirsten Dunst
1959 - Stephen Harper
1834 - John Lubbock
1963 - David Cunliffe
1908 - Eve Arden
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Mathematician
Actor
Comedian
Coach
Artist
Businessman
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Quotes by professions
Quotes by Wrestlers
Quotes by Wrestlers
I didn't get into MMA because I wanted to be UFC champion. That wasn't my motivation.
Shayna Baszler
Champion
Because
Motivation
Get
Wanted
I was going to school; I was working - at one point, I had two jobs - and I was still trying to train and fight.
Shayna Baszler
Fight
School
Jobs
Point
Had
Still
Train
Trying
Going
Working
Two
Cris Cyborg is one of the best in the world, and there is no shame in losing to her.
Shayna Baszler
Best
World
Losing
Shame
Her
Normally, when a fighter gets challenged, they answer.
Shayna Baszler
Fighter
Answer
Normally
Gets
Challenged
If you follow my MMA career, I've always been the pro wrestler of women's MMA, coming out with a guitar, saying crazy things on interviews, promos and such.
Shayna Baszler
Saying
Crazy
You
Women
Guitar
Interviews
Out
Follow
Wrestler
Always
Coming
Been
Pro
Crazy Things
Things
Career
Ronda's a natural athlete. Just learning a different rule set and bringing what she has from MMA would be the same: does her judo translate to MMA, will her MMA translate to pro wrestling? She's been pretty successful one way, and I think she'll be pretty successful the other way.
Shayna Baszler
Learning
Natural
Will
Think
Other
Rule
Way
Would
Would-Be
Athlete
Pretty
One-Way
Wrestling
She
Does
Been
Pro
Same
Just
Different
Translate
Successful
Her
Bringing
Set
Anyone who is friends with a fighter or lives with a fighter, you know that a fighter cutting weight is on edge.
Shayna Baszler
You
Edge
Fighter
Weight
Know
Friends
Anyone
Cutting
Who
Lives
I have a theory that confidence comes from self-worth.
Sonya Deville
Confidence
Self-Worth
Theory
I live for the pressure, I live for the moments when I'm deep in the match, out of breath, hurt and feel like throwing up. It's in those moments that I push through, I keep punching, I keep going forward, because no matter what, I will never stop.
Sonya Deville
Hurt
Matter
Will
Pressure
Breath
Live
Punching
Those
Out
Through
Throwing
Push
Never
Never Stop
Feel
Like
Because
Match
Up
Going
Stop
Forward
Deep
Moments
Keep
Keep Going
It's not a good feeling to hide a huge part of your life. If you were meant to be somebody else, you'd be somebody else, so don't change who you are.
Sonya Deville
Life
Good
You
Change
Hide
Somebody
Feeling
Else
Part
Were
Huge
Huge Part
Meant
Meant To Be
Your
Who
Good Feeling
I'm a very passionate person. I'm Italian, it's in my blood so when I care about something, I get emotional.
Sonya Deville
Care
About
Something
Emotional
Passionate
Italian
Blood
Very
Person
Get
I think WWE superstars and Divas are here to change lives. That's why they do what they do. They want to make an impact on the world.
Sonya Deville
Change
World
Think
Impact
Superstars
Make
WWE
Want
Why
Lives
Here
I really want to utilize my MMA knowledge in my WWE performance.
Sonya Deville
Knowledge
Performance
WWE
Want
Really
Utilize
My MMA background, I think, only enhances my experience on 'Tough Enough' or in the WWE in general.
Sonya Deville
Experience
Tough
Think
Enough
Background
General
Only
WWE
Enhances
From a very early age, I realized why I was put on this planet: to fight.
Sonya Deville
Age
Fight
Put
Very
Very Early Age
Realized
Planet
Why
Early
Early Age
When I was 14 years old, I said, 'Mom, I want to fight MMA.'
Sonya Deville
Mom
Fight
Old
Said
Years
Want
I grew up riding quads, shooting guns and playing sports.
Sonya Deville
Sports
Guns
Up
Shooting
Grew
Riding
Playing
I just, I was in such denial within myself for the longest time, just because of the place I grew up in. Like, it wasn't common. I didn't know anybody that was gay. I think I had one gay friend in high school and she never even, like, came out. It was just, like, we all just knew.
Sonya Deville
Time
Myself
Gay
School
Denial
Think
Out
High
High School
Never
Had
Knew
Longest
Longest Time
Like
Know
She
Because
Within
Came
Friend
Up
Just
Common
Anybody
Just Because
Grew
Place
Even
My friend's mom said to me, 'honey, I think you're gay.' And I go, 'yeah, I am.' As soon as someone vocalized it to me, gave me permission. I was like, 'yes, yes, yeah!'
Sonya Deville
Mom
Me
Gay
You
Think
Gave
Honey
Someone
Soon
Like
Said
Am
Permission
Yeah
Go
Friend
Yes
My goal in talking about my sexuality publicly is just so that a scared little girl or little boy can see me do it and think, 'wow, if she did it, then maybe it's OK that I do it.' It's to encourage people to be themselves.
Sonya Deville
Me
People
Girl
Think
OK
Sexuality
Wow
Scared
See
About
She
Talking
Boy
Goal
Encourage
Did
Maybe
Just
Little
Little Girl
Themselves
Then
Publicly
Equality for all is what we should all want, between race, religion, gender, sexuality... it doesn't matter.
Sonya Deville
Religion
Equality
Matter
Gender
Sexuality
Between
Want
Race
Should
I look up to and have learned a lot from the women before me. With that said, there has never been a woman in this ring with the experience that I have in fighting.
Sonya Deville
Me
Woman
Women
Experience
Before
Fighting
Ring
Never
Look
Learned
Said
Been
Lot
Up
Being a part of the LGBTQ community myself, it's another passion of mine to let my fan base know that I represent another demographic in the WWE.
Sonya Deville
Myself
Passion
Community
Mine
Part
Know
Another
WWE
Demographic
Represent
Being
Fan
Fan Base
Base
Being a part of the WWE, I am blessed to have a platform both on social media and TV, with that platform I am able to spread my message and share my story.
Sonya Deville
Social Media
Blessed
TV
Able
Both
Share
Part
Message
WWE
Am
Spread
Being
Story
Social
Platform
Media
I think no matter what your job title or role in life is, it's important to just take pride in what you do and do it well.
Sonya Deville
Life
You
Pride
Matter
Job
Important
Think
Take
Well
Role
Just
Title
Your
Even prior to WWE, when I was bartending and training MMA, I always had a sense of fulfillment because although not my dream job, I took pride in being the best bartender I could be.
Sonya Deville
Best
Training
Pride
Job
Sense
Took
Dream
Could
Had
Although
Because
WWE
Prior
Always
Being
Fulfillment
Being The Best
Even
Bartender
Load more quotes